Connection to your own experience
During my experiences with the service learning project at the NALC I can see that there are some similarities and some differences between that and my formative literacy experiences, which I am currently still undergoing. The most obvious difference is that of the content of the learning. During my times at the NALC I feel like I focused on basic language vocabulary with students, which is fine, since that is of course the point of individuals coming there. Yet, a difference with myself and my experiences currently is that I am building on those basic skills with more advanced language skills. However, it could also be a similarity, since in both situations were are both learning and advancing in some skills that we have. Perhaps that is where I was able to take away the most from my time with the NALC- that everyone is learning, even people who are just learning what the sound ‘o’ makes. Just because I am learning different things in my own literacy experiences which could seem more advances, does not make me better than any other person.
One distinct difference is the methods of which I was able to take my own literacy experiences and students during my sessions where is in regard to the methods of learning. One on one learning was the basis of the sessions at NALC in which students follow a lesson plan with lots of repeating and pictures to help guide the study. I feel as though my learning style throughout my formative literacy experience is a self guided learning with the guidance of professors to keep me on track. So, again, there are similarities but there are also distinct differences.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Final Reflections- #2
Consideration of Materials and/or Social Space
Often times I substantially underestimated the use of space and materials in our daily lives. As I brainstormed for this blog, I began to realize just how much these areas effect our daily lives, reactions, and learning abilities.
Thinking specifically about my experiences with the service learning site, I can think of specific examples where this was significant. When I arrived for the first session, I was nervous to find that the space of the setting was an open environment with a only cubicle divisions to create divides in the tutoring space. Knowing my personality, I am easily distracted and often find it difficult to focus in situations where there is a lot going on around me. I feared that I would become distracted and not do as well of a job as I should have done.
Later that first day, when my first student arrived I found that I was almost taken into a trace or another world. It was not until the end of the hour that I realized there were other people around us working and talking. The small divisions in the room actually helped us to keep the focus on learning and to be able to really remain on task. Attached to the walls of the dividing areas were posters which reinforced the ideas of English that the students were learning. Some areas had vowel sounds and others had relational pictures. Additionally, the east side of the room held a large collection of reference books and computers for students to use. This added to the setting of the learning environment.
The space around the us was full of diverse collection of social ideas and representations. First, on most visits to the NALC I found that where normally a handful of people from different races and social classes. Additionally, the room where the lessons took place had artifacts from other countries which helped to tie the space together to match the diversity in the people which were present for the lessons.
Often times I substantially underestimated the use of space and materials in our daily lives. As I brainstormed for this blog, I began to realize just how much these areas effect our daily lives, reactions, and learning abilities.
Thinking specifically about my experiences with the service learning site, I can think of specific examples where this was significant. When I arrived for the first session, I was nervous to find that the space of the setting was an open environment with a only cubicle divisions to create divides in the tutoring space. Knowing my personality, I am easily distracted and often find it difficult to focus in situations where there is a lot going on around me. I feared that I would become distracted and not do as well of a job as I should have done.
Later that first day, when my first student arrived I found that I was almost taken into a trace or another world. It was not until the end of the hour that I realized there were other people around us working and talking. The small divisions in the room actually helped us to keep the focus on learning and to be able to really remain on task. Attached to the walls of the dividing areas were posters which reinforced the ideas of English that the students were learning. Some areas had vowel sounds and others had relational pictures. Additionally, the east side of the room held a large collection of reference books and computers for students to use. This added to the setting of the learning environment.
The space around the us was full of diverse collection of social ideas and representations. First, on most visits to the NALC I found that where normally a handful of people from different races and social classes. Additionally, the room where the lessons took place had artifacts from other countries which helped to tie the space together to match the diversity in the people which were present for the lessons.
NALC 6 and 7
It's hard to believe that my time at the NALC has come to an end this week. A few days ago I had my last students.
My first student was a kind hearted, funny, kind lady from South Korea. I think she was the most advanced student that I have had during my times there. She was able to read English fairly well, however she was rather perplexed in her communication skills. It was really strange that she was able to write a note to me but really could not figure out how to say it out loud. Part of me wondered if she was just afraid or shy to use her English in fear of messing up. She did say that from the time she was child in South Korea she had started to learn English in school. She also shared with me that in Korea she worked for Motorola and that she was an Engineer and helped design parts for the iPhone. It was really neat to hear about her live. We mostly "chit chatted" because she felt like it was more helpful for her than reading the book (which we read quickly). Oddly enough, she was able to make jokes at her self and to be "witty" in English. It was great and she as a pure joy to get to teach. I think I have mentioned this before, but I LOVE people from South Korea!
My last student was an individual from Thailand originally. I am always excited to meet my students but she was especially kind to get to be with because I have been to Thailand in the past and so we had a common ground to speak on. Before a student would come in I would always try to find one thing that we might have in common to talk about and this was obviously a large thing. She even knew the place where I had stayed for a while there, which was a small town. Such a small world! Our lesson in the book was to talk about relationships between people. This was real hard to explain because when you describe relationships (cousin, aunt, sister) you often time have to use other relationship work to describe the word- which is challenging to someone just learning the relations. For example, to explain what a cousin is you have to explain your parents siblings children, which is hard if they are also still learning what "parent" means. Wow. Challenging! I think she was able to get it. She even drew me a picture of her family which helped ensure to me that she understood it by the end. Overall, great lesson.
My first student was a kind hearted, funny, kind lady from South Korea. I think she was the most advanced student that I have had during my times there. She was able to read English fairly well, however she was rather perplexed in her communication skills. It was really strange that she was able to write a note to me but really could not figure out how to say it out loud. Part of me wondered if she was just afraid or shy to use her English in fear of messing up. She did say that from the time she was child in South Korea she had started to learn English in school. She also shared with me that in Korea she worked for Motorola and that she was an Engineer and helped design parts for the iPhone. It was really neat to hear about her live. We mostly "chit chatted" because she felt like it was more helpful for her than reading the book (which we read quickly). Oddly enough, she was able to make jokes at her self and to be "witty" in English. It was great and she as a pure joy to get to teach. I think I have mentioned this before, but I LOVE people from South Korea!
My last student was an individual from Thailand originally. I am always excited to meet my students but she was especially kind to get to be with because I have been to Thailand in the past and so we had a common ground to speak on. Before a student would come in I would always try to find one thing that we might have in common to talk about and this was obviously a large thing. She even knew the place where I had stayed for a while there, which was a small town. Such a small world! Our lesson in the book was to talk about relationships between people. This was real hard to explain because when you describe relationships (cousin, aunt, sister) you often time have to use other relationship work to describe the word- which is challenging to someone just learning the relations. For example, to explain what a cousin is you have to explain your parents siblings children, which is hard if they are also still learning what "parent" means. Wow. Challenging! I think she was able to get it. She even drew me a picture of her family which helped ensure to me that she understood it by the end. Overall, great lesson.
Friday, December 2, 2011
NALC- 5
This week I went for my fifth visit to the NALC. I was really excited to find out that I had a student from Haiti. Haiti is close to my heart since my roommate was there during the earthquake in January 2 years ago and is still overcoming the heartache and trauma she experienced. Through that, I have developed a love for the people of Haiti and a sympathy for seeing what they have gone through.
Unfortunately she did not come! I waited for about 15 minute only to find that she had cancelled for the day. However, I did have the opportunity to serve in a different way that day by doing office work. Primarily I just filed and organized some things around the office. As I was doing this I realized just how much work goes into the NALC beyond what we see. I went into the back office to use the file cabinets and there were piles of papers that one of the ladies was sorting through and correcting, while another lady was calling people to set up appointments. I could tell that it is a difficult thing to set up appointments for people who do not speak English very well. The lady was literally trying to ask for someone on the other line for about 10 minutes before she finally was able to speak to the right person. She said that is normal for them!
I also was encouraged by the planning efforts of the staff. I was able to see how they carefully review the feedback we leave on sheets and evaluate each student for their next appointment. It helped me to see that the feedback we leave is very important and valuable for the staff.
So, even though I did not get to tutor this time, my eyes were opened to the details and depth of work that goes into the NALC behind the scenes.
Unfortunately she did not come! I waited for about 15 minute only to find that she had cancelled for the day. However, I did have the opportunity to serve in a different way that day by doing office work. Primarily I just filed and organized some things around the office. As I was doing this I realized just how much work goes into the NALC beyond what we see. I went into the back office to use the file cabinets and there were piles of papers that one of the ladies was sorting through and correcting, while another lady was calling people to set up appointments. I could tell that it is a difficult thing to set up appointments for people who do not speak English very well. The lady was literally trying to ask for someone on the other line for about 10 minutes before she finally was able to speak to the right person. She said that is normal for them!
I also was encouraged by the planning efforts of the staff. I was able to see how they carefully review the feedback we leave on sheets and evaluate each student for their next appointment. It helped me to see that the feedback we leave is very important and valuable for the staff.
So, even though I did not get to tutor this time, my eyes were opened to the details and depth of work that goes into the NALC behind the scenes.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Reflections
Reflections Post David McCollum Interview
November 4, 2011
Meeting with David yesterday was so interesting. I think I had a lot of presuppositions going into to the meeting. For example, that he would be some fiery, passionate, over powering, domineering manager who hated traditional Christian music. I was wrong! I was correct in my assumptions that David manages artists who are not the traditional, mainstream Christian artist, yet, he was graceful in his articulations that other types of Christian music serves a purpose and that his artists music serves a different purpose- particularly, reaching broken people and people on the fringe.
I was also interested by the fact that there did not seem to be a large drive or motivation for David to work in Christian music initially. He was basically “born into it” and it just seemed like he had the right opportunities and timing to get involved in it. I think I could have easily seen him working in Country or Rock music had that opportunity presented itself- thats my take at least. Yet, now that he has become involved I do think that he has found a specific purpose and passion for his position in the Christian music world. When I asked him what motives him to come to work each day, it was “10 different things”. Which really showed me that there are multiple motives for David to keep him where he is. So while initially the motives may have been non-existent, there are a handful of motives now keeping him in the business.
Also intriguing was his input on the business side of working in Christian music. One thing that stuck out to me was him saying that, “at the end of the day, numbers are numbers”. He was right! I sometimes feel like we over analysis this ideology that Christian artists have to be giving all their money they make away- yet- their families have to eat too as David pointed out. Concerts and promotion take money and its okay to make money off something that is providing “an avenue to Christ” as David put it.
Overall, I really was surprised by David and his vulnerability. He really knows his niche in the industry.
November 4, 2011
Meeting with David yesterday was so interesting. I think I had a lot of presuppositions going into to the meeting. For example, that he would be some fiery, passionate, over powering, domineering manager who hated traditional Christian music. I was wrong! I was correct in my assumptions that David manages artists who are not the traditional, mainstream Christian artist, yet, he was graceful in his articulations that other types of Christian music serves a purpose and that his artists music serves a different purpose- particularly, reaching broken people and people on the fringe.
I was also interested by the fact that there did not seem to be a large drive or motivation for David to work in Christian music initially. He was basically “born into it” and it just seemed like he had the right opportunities and timing to get involved in it. I think I could have easily seen him working in Country or Rock music had that opportunity presented itself- thats my take at least. Yet, now that he has become involved I do think that he has found a specific purpose and passion for his position in the Christian music world. When I asked him what motives him to come to work each day, it was “10 different things”. Which really showed me that there are multiple motives for David to keep him where he is. So while initially the motives may have been non-existent, there are a handful of motives now keeping him in the business.
Also intriguing was his input on the business side of working in Christian music. One thing that stuck out to me was him saying that, “at the end of the day, numbers are numbers”. He was right! I sometimes feel like we over analysis this ideology that Christian artists have to be giving all their money they make away- yet- their families have to eat too as David pointed out. Concerts and promotion take money and its okay to make money off something that is providing “an avenue to Christ” as David put it.
Overall, I really was surprised by David and his vulnerability. He really knows his niche in the industry.
Final Service Learning Reflection #3
My favorite book of the class was the Jonathan Kozol book, “Savage Inequalities”. Growing up in Northern Michigan, where the entire population is similar on almost all accounts (race, ethnicity, socially and economically) and where there was only one high school for the entire rural area, I felt as though my eyes were opened to the inequalities that are here within America. I have been privileged to travel to third world countries and I really believe that in our efforts to better the other parts of the world we tend to overlook the people that are our neighbors and fellow Americans. This was particularly seen in my tutor sessions. I spent a summer in Thailand teaching English and then came back to America and failed to even consider the people that are living here in Nashville, in my neighborhoods, which can not even read and write.
At the time when we as a class had read Kozol’s book I had not yet had any of my sessions at the NALC. Initially, I felt like these situations that Kozal described in his book were isolated situations. As I mentioned above, I feel like I ignorance and isolation in this area growing up. However, after leaving the NALC for the first time, I felt like Kozal’s book came to life. My first two students were not international students, they were individuals who had been failed along the educational system at some point and were left to fend for themselves to learn. They were the students that Kozal described in his book- just with different names and from different cities.
Together, these experiences with Kozal’s book and with the NALC, I feel like I have been able to think outside of my white, educated, lifestyle, one which has been fairly easy in comparison to many. To be honest, it makes me feel sick to think about how selfish I can be and how often I feel entitled to get my education. I have been challenged to remember that my education and abilities to read and write are an incredible blessing and that many around me, including here in my neighborhood and community, have not had that opportunity.
Therefore, it would seem that my experiences this semester at the NALC have reinforced the idea that there are intense divisions and inequalities within America, which is what is seen in Kozol’s book. It’s a challenge to come to a point where you realize this perspective. For me, I wonder what I am suppose to do about these inequalities. For Kozol, it seems like he felt like he needed to bring these inequalities into the light. I am still discovering what my role in these challenges are- perhaps it starts with me becoming aware, which is what I feel like this book, class, and experiences at the NALC this semester have done.
At the time when we as a class had read Kozol’s book I had not yet had any of my sessions at the NALC. Initially, I felt like these situations that Kozal described in his book were isolated situations. As I mentioned above, I feel like I ignorance and isolation in this area growing up. However, after leaving the NALC for the first time, I felt like Kozal’s book came to life. My first two students were not international students, they were individuals who had been failed along the educational system at some point and were left to fend for themselves to learn. They were the students that Kozal described in his book- just with different names and from different cities.
Together, these experiences with Kozal’s book and with the NALC, I feel like I have been able to think outside of my white, educated, lifestyle, one which has been fairly easy in comparison to many. To be honest, it makes me feel sick to think about how selfish I can be and how often I feel entitled to get my education. I have been challenged to remember that my education and abilities to read and write are an incredible blessing and that many around me, including here in my neighborhood and community, have not had that opportunity.
Therefore, it would seem that my experiences this semester at the NALC have reinforced the idea that there are intense divisions and inequalities within America, which is what is seen in Kozol’s book. It’s a challenge to come to a point where you realize this perspective. For me, I wonder what I am suppose to do about these inequalities. For Kozol, it seems like he felt like he needed to bring these inequalities into the light. I am still discovering what my role in these challenges are- perhaps it starts with me becoming aware, which is what I feel like this book, class, and experiences at the NALC this semester have done.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Video Plan- Rough Thoughts
For my digital short, I am hoping to make a video highlighting Nick Barres motivations for coming to work each day. I want to start the video by posing the question, "what motivates people to work in Christian music". Then, I want to share Nick's idea. Nick is primarilty motived by things that are not seen, for example, the message in of music and the ministry of the job. During my interview with Nick he shared a stroy with me that had recently happened with a young fan. A girl at the Children's Brain Tumor Institute had recently put a video of her dancing to a song of an artist NIck manages. In a round about way, Nick was able to help unite this small girl with the artist and bring a little hope to this small girl in a fight to survive. It was an amazing stroy and Nick shared that things like this are motivations for Nick to keep coming to his job. I have found in my research recently that people are motivated by a handful of different things in the Christian industrty and I hope to highlight in my video one case study.
Friday, November 11, 2011
NALC- 3 and 4
Yesterday I went to NALC for my third and forth sessions. This time I really felt more comfortable and confident than I did last time. Especially, I was excited to find out that both of my students were internationals. I have had a lot of opportunities to travel and teach English in Asia and Central America and I so I love getting meet internationals.
My first student was a female from Central America. She showed up about 10 minutes late and apologized over and over to me and I could tell she was extremely upset that she was late. I of course, told her it was no problem, but she just kept apologizing to me. I feel like it was something cultural- that she should never keep a teacher waiting or something along those line- because she made a comment about that as well. Alas, we finally progressed in our study. We spent a lot of time talking about vocab works that show possession. For example, MY pen, YOUR pen, HER pen, THEIR pen. I never realized how difficult that can be to explain to someone. My other experiences teaching English have been primarily teaching voacb works so grammar and sentence structures where hard to figure out how to communicate. I think that she finally understood though at that end. After that, we spent time just talking. She said that needed practice just having daily conversations- so we did! She really loves talking about Church and God so that was the topic of our conversation. We really connected and I hope I have the chance to meet with her again. At the end of our meeting she said, "God bless your soul...God bless your soul....!"
Next I meet with a gentleman from Japan who works at Vanderbilt. I almost felt strange to be tutoring such a smart man. In Japan he worked as a liver surgeon- and now he is working at Vanderbilt doing research. To be honest, I know that in Japan, the male culture is to be honored and respected and so I was trying to find ways to show him a lot of respect and honor during our process, for example, by telling him how great he was doing and and asking about his family. He was really shy at first- but once I asked him about his family he opened up so much. He told me that his family just arrived from Japan after he has been living in Nashville for 2 months without them. He stated that his wife made him fly home to Japan to ride back to America with her and their two boys because she was too afraid to take care of two boys on a plane by herself. So, he traveled to Japan literally over the weekend last week. He said he was exhausted but he would do it again just to have his family here in Nashville with him (awwww!). One thing that was real funny (he even admitted it) is that he has trouble saying words with the sound "L", such as "liver". For him, being a liver doctor, this was really funny for him. He said, "the most important word I need to know in America and I cannot really say it right." So, we practiced that word a lot.
Over all, I was so pleased to get to know both of those students. I love getting to meet people from other cultures and parts of the world.
My first student was a female from Central America. She showed up about 10 minutes late and apologized over and over to me and I could tell she was extremely upset that she was late. I of course, told her it was no problem, but she just kept apologizing to me. I feel like it was something cultural- that she should never keep a teacher waiting or something along those line- because she made a comment about that as well. Alas, we finally progressed in our study. We spent a lot of time talking about vocab works that show possession. For example, MY pen, YOUR pen, HER pen, THEIR pen. I never realized how difficult that can be to explain to someone. My other experiences teaching English have been primarily teaching voacb works so grammar and sentence structures where hard to figure out how to communicate. I think that she finally understood though at that end. After that, we spent time just talking. She said that needed practice just having daily conversations- so we did! She really loves talking about Church and God so that was the topic of our conversation. We really connected and I hope I have the chance to meet with her again. At the end of our meeting she said, "God bless your soul...God bless your soul....!"
Next I meet with a gentleman from Japan who works at Vanderbilt. I almost felt strange to be tutoring such a smart man. In Japan he worked as a liver surgeon- and now he is working at Vanderbilt doing research. To be honest, I know that in Japan, the male culture is to be honored and respected and so I was trying to find ways to show him a lot of respect and honor during our process, for example, by telling him how great he was doing and and asking about his family. He was really shy at first- but once I asked him about his family he opened up so much. He told me that his family just arrived from Japan after he has been living in Nashville for 2 months without them. He stated that his wife made him fly home to Japan to ride back to America with her and their two boys because she was too afraid to take care of two boys on a plane by herself. So, he traveled to Japan literally over the weekend last week. He said he was exhausted but he would do it again just to have his family here in Nashville with him (awwww!). One thing that was real funny (he even admitted it) is that he has trouble saying words with the sound "L", such as "liver". For him, being a liver doctor, this was really funny for him. He said, "the most important word I need to know in America and I cannot really say it right." So, we practiced that word a lot.
Over all, I was so pleased to get to know both of those students. I love getting to meet people from other cultures and parts of the world.
Monday, November 7, 2011
NALC- 1 and 2
Tonight was my first night at the NALC. I feel like going into it tonight I had many presuppositions about what my time would be like there and it was literally none of those things. I think since it has been so long into the semester before I have had a chance to go and have heard from other students about their experiences, I built up in my mind how it was already going to go.
My first person, lets just call him Mr.C, was a 48 year old man. It was actually his first experience as a student and he was excited just to have gotten a spot in the program. He came ready and eager to learn. I could tell at first that was not sure if he was allowed to talk to me about things outside of learning the information buy when I opened up to him about how I was student at Belmont, he really opened up about his life and his struggles. He spent the first fifteen minutes talk about how he worked in Nasvhille and his wife homeschool their 14 year old daughter. He was encouraged to finally learn to read since his daughter is surpassing him in his knowledge. It was a really moving story. We get started on talking about the difference between short and long sounding vowels. At first, when I found out that is what I was doing, I got nervous because I had a moment when I couldn't remember what a short or long vowel was- but I remembered and we got through it. It was really rewarding to see him on his first experience and his commitment to want to learn.
After Mr. C left, I quickly transitioned into my next student. Lets call him, Mr. A. He was significantly different in his ability to read. He actually ran through the stories in the advanced book very quickly. He said that his main problem is not the reading but actually understanding what he is reading. He explained that he is trying to get his GED for the second time and it has taken him 24 months already of GED classes. He explained that he grew up in foster care and dropped out of school when he was just 17, got a paying job and expected that he would never regret it. Now that the place he worked at all his life has closed, he has had trouble find job without an education. It was eye opening to me and really made me even more thankful and grateful for my education in life. Mr. A has been coming for about 6 weeks and he is about half way through the starting program at NALC. Im really hoping that I am able meet with him again. He was a really hard worker and I really want him to succeed.
My first person, lets just call him Mr.C, was a 48 year old man. It was actually his first experience as a student and he was excited just to have gotten a spot in the program. He came ready and eager to learn. I could tell at first that was not sure if he was allowed to talk to me about things outside of learning the information buy when I opened up to him about how I was student at Belmont, he really opened up about his life and his struggles. He spent the first fifteen minutes talk about how he worked in Nasvhille and his wife homeschool their 14 year old daughter. He was encouraged to finally learn to read since his daughter is surpassing him in his knowledge. It was a really moving story. We get started on talking about the difference between short and long sounding vowels. At first, when I found out that is what I was doing, I got nervous because I had a moment when I couldn't remember what a short or long vowel was- but I remembered and we got through it. It was really rewarding to see him on his first experience and his commitment to want to learn.
After Mr. C left, I quickly transitioned into my next student. Lets call him, Mr. A. He was significantly different in his ability to read. He actually ran through the stories in the advanced book very quickly. He said that his main problem is not the reading but actually understanding what he is reading. He explained that he is trying to get his GED for the second time and it has taken him 24 months already of GED classes. He explained that he grew up in foster care and dropped out of school when he was just 17, got a paying job and expected that he would never regret it. Now that the place he worked at all his life has closed, he has had trouble find job without an education. It was eye opening to me and really made me even more thankful and grateful for my education in life. Mr. A has been coming for about 6 weeks and he is about half way through the starting program at NALC. Im really hoping that I am able meet with him again. He was a really hard worker and I really want him to succeed.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Terms
Artist Management- The task of developing an artist's career. The artist manager typically advises the artist on all business decisions and attempts to promote the artist through all available means, including demos, media coverage, and person-to-person networking.
Engineer- Individual who operates studio equipment during the recording of a song.
Label- A record company.
Music Contracts- There are almost countless forms of contracts that are used in the music business, but most commonly are recording contracts, artist management contracts, finders fee contracts, and general release contracts.
Performing Rights Organization- Society whose purpose is to collect monies earned from public performances of songs by users of music and to distribute these to the writers and publishers of these songs in a proportion that reflects as accurately as possible the amount of performances of each particular song.
Performance Royalties- Monies earned from use of one's song on radio, television and other users of music.
Phonorecord- Any device which transmits sound other than that which accompanies a motion picture or other audio-visual work.
Publisher- A person or company who, on behalf of an artist, seeks out people to use the artist's music, issues licenses, collects all licensing fees and royalties, pays the artist, and splits the proceeds. The publishing contract assigns the administration rights to the publisher as well as all the rights of the copyright owner.
http://www.recordlabelresource.com/music-business-dictionary.html
Engineer- Individual who operates studio equipment during the recording of a song.
Label- A record company.
Music Contracts- There are almost countless forms of contracts that are used in the music business, but most commonly are recording contracts, artist management contracts, finders fee contracts, and general release contracts.
Performing Rights Organization- Society whose purpose is to collect monies earned from public performances of songs by users of music and to distribute these to the writers and publishers of these songs in a proportion that reflects as accurately as possible the amount of performances of each particular song.
Performance Royalties- Monies earned from use of one's song on radio, television and other users of music.
Phonorecord- Any device which transmits sound other than that which accompanies a motion picture or other audio-visual work.
Publisher- A person or company who, on behalf of an artist, seeks out people to use the artist's music, issues licenses, collects all licensing fees and royalties, pays the artist, and splits the proceeds. The publishing contract assigns the administration rights to the publisher as well as all the rights of the copyright owner.
http://www.recordlabelresource.com/music-business-dictionary.html
Friday, October 7, 2011
Coherence and Chohesion
How are you connected to the culture of your project?
I feel that I am connected to the culture of my project- music business in the christian industry- because I am a student in the music business program and I also am a Christian. I am interested in learning more about how Christians within this industry practice their management skills and handle financial and ethical issues along the way. In the future I hope to find myself as a Christian who works within the industry and uses biblical instruction as my guidebook. Through this ethnographic study, I hope to see a practical and hands on approach to how this can be done.
Additionally, I have been able to be involved in a number of different Christian music industry environments. For example, at one point I spent a year working for a ministry which had a large tour which traveled and put on events across the country with Christian artist and bands. This allowed me to see one perspective of the culture. Additionally, I have been able to see the framework and lives of Christian artist's culture since living here in Nashville. Through different events and internship opportunities I have been able to see other perspectives in this area. This has helped to lead me to my overall idea and considerations for my project.
I feel that I am connected to the culture of my project- music business in the christian industry- because I am a student in the music business program and I also am a Christian. I am interested in learning more about how Christians within this industry practice their management skills and handle financial and ethical issues along the way. In the future I hope to find myself as a Christian who works within the industry and uses biblical instruction as my guidebook. Through this ethnographic study, I hope to see a practical and hands on approach to how this can be done.
Additionally, I have been able to be involved in a number of different Christian music industry environments. For example, at one point I spent a year working for a ministry which had a large tour which traveled and put on events across the country with Christian artist and bands. This allowed me to see one perspective of the culture. Additionally, I have been able to see the framework and lives of Christian artist's culture since living here in Nashville. Through different events and internship opportunities I have been able to see other perspectives in this area. This has helped to lead me to my overall idea and considerations for my project.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Humanities Symposium
I had the opportunity to attend the final session of the Humanities Symposium. I wished I would have had the chance to attend other sessions but my schedule did not allow. However, I enjoyed hearing Dr. Curtis, Dr. Hodges-Hamiltion, Dr. John, and Dr. Stover speak. They had some interesting insight since they were the hearts behind the entire event. They shared that they felt as though the "Liberating Voices" theme was successful in its intentions in encouraging students to share their stories. They also spoke a lot about Maya Angelou and her captivating talk on Monday night. They shared about her story and how blessed our campus was to have had her speak here.
Overall, I was encouraged and challenged by the idea of the theme this year. It seems like such a unique and well planned theme for a campus which encourages the use of voice as a powerful thing (school of music and music business). In one sense, it seems silly to pick a topic which on the surface could seem so ridiculous. Why would students at Belmont, of all schools, need to be encouraged with the theme of liberating voices? However, what I took away from the entire event is that Belmont students more than any other school, needed to hear this challenge. As students here we are encouraged to use our voices to sing and lead pepole in the business world, yet we need to remember that our voices can do more than JUST these things. While these things are great, they are not the most important thing. Our voice is powerful and our stories and lives can make a difference and help liberate others if we make an effort.
Overall, I was encouraged and challenged by the idea of the theme this year. It seems like such a unique and well planned theme for a campus which encourages the use of voice as a powerful thing (school of music and music business). In one sense, it seems silly to pick a topic which on the surface could seem so ridiculous. Why would students at Belmont, of all schools, need to be encouraged with the theme of liberating voices? However, what I took away from the entire event is that Belmont students more than any other school, needed to hear this challenge. As students here we are encouraged to use our voices to sing and lead pepole in the business world, yet we need to remember that our voices can do more than JUST these things. While these things are great, they are not the most important thing. Our voice is powerful and our stories and lives can make a difference and help liberate others if we make an effort.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Mini Ethnographic Post
During my field project I choose to study the courtyard by the Bell Tower. My main method was observations. During my time observing I noticed that students during class time traveled by themselves or only with one other person. This was interesting to be because during non class times I often see students traveling in larger groups. I would say that the students were traveling by themselves about 50% and in a group of two about 50%. I also noticed that girls were more likely to walk by themselves than guys were. Most of the groups of two were men. Finally, the only time during my observation that I noticed a group larger than two was when I observed a group of three. However, they were standing and talking and when they were done talking, they split into individuals and traveled by themselves. This suggests that during class times, students are less likely to have more than one additional person to walk with.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Field Working Practice
I spent my time for the field assignment looking at the Bell Tower and the courtyard around it. Unfortunatly, it was rather slow as most people were in class. However, a few things did surpise me. For example, people tended to walk in groups of no more than two people and the majority were walking individually. Also, almost everyone carried a bag, including men. As far as things that intreged me, I was intreged to find a mother and her two children playing in courtyard. Perhaps they were children of a professor? Im not sure. Im not sure if anything disturbed me- It was rather peaceful.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Ideas?
My idea is to look at the christian music industry. I want to investigate how the music industry and business is done through the eyes of Christians and it it looks different than the secular music industry culture.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Monday Aug 29
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZPEoskAMEY
This video shows the difference between two different discourses: German and English. These of course collide in a humorous way which makes it funny to watch.
This video shows the difference between two different discourses: German and English. These of course collide in a humorous way which makes it funny to watch.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Things to NEVER do (For Friday, August 26)
In writing, I was taught to never forsake punctuation. This was instilled within me from the 1st grade! I believe that this is a nessacary element in writing because without it, it changes the meaning of sentences. Therefore, this would be a good rule to have! I think the only exception to this rule would be within writings such as poems where someone is able to have more freedom in their style of writing.
Another thing I was taught to never do in writing was to use contractions in formal writing. For example, using don't instead of do not. This rule is used in formal writing, so it would be appropriate to break this rule in non formal writings. I do think this is also a good rule because it helps make writing look more "put together".
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